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To: Mo Chips who wrote (56683)	6/2/1998 4:15:00 PM
From: Paul Fiondella	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Commendable Effort Unfortunately ignorant people do not appreciate attempts at improving their understanding of things. I enjoy watching Michael Jordan because he shows us just how good playing basketball can be. Whereas MSFT and INTC rarely show us anything uplifting or imaginative.

To: Mo Chips who wrote (56683)	6/2/1998 5:10:00 PM
From: Tony Viola	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Mo,OFF TOPIC, MOSTLY (NBA) >>>"The entire NBA is better with Jordan AND the other players. The competition makes him and others even better." Yes, of course, you have to have other players to compete with Jordan and the Bulls. However, I'm going to make a case based on history, that superstars are more important than the game itself. The NBA, without superstars, could shrivel and ultimately die. It seemed to be happening in the late 70's...no superstars except Julius Erving (Doctor J). Another problem was that there were a lot of player related drug problems, and attendance was shrinking by the year. Along came Bird and Magic and they saved the league. They may have been more important than the rest of the league, like Babe Ruth in baseball after the Black Sox scandal. When Michael retires, I don't know. There is no one close in the wings to take over. You could make a case that the superstars of CPU chips and software are more important than the industries they represent themselves to this country. Break up or seriously impede Intel (haven't heard anything remotely resembling this), for example, and maybe you'd leave them suddenly more vulnerable to foreign competition. Microsoft, not so much, as the Japanese haven't made any inroads in software. But, who needs another reason for the Japanese and Koreans to make inroads and further damage the U.S. trade balance. To help out a couple of companies that can't get their yield/reliability problems solved in over a year? What happened to Charles Darwin? Tony

To: Mo Chips who wrote (56683)	6/2/1998 7:04:00 PM
From: Scarecrow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

<I am going to try to say this simply enough so that you can understand as your name seems to fit you. (I keep thinking of the scarecrow's song... "if I only had a brain..." and wondering about the psychology of why you picked that name.)> I wouldn't expect you to understand humility. It's a characteristic that is entirely lost on you. <Yes Michael Jordan dominates, but he does it within the rules of the game. And would you enjoy him if there were no other players on the court? The entire NBA is better with Jordan AND the other players. The competition makes him and others even better.> If you want to stretch this analogy, then THINK LOGICALLY. What WOULD happen if it was solely MJ in the NBA? As another noted on this thread, basketball would get boring quickly. Keep going, now, Mo. What would happen next? Sounds to me like fans (consumers!) would stop coming to the game and the NBA/Bulls/Jordan would go out of business. The market would take care of it. Buyers would exercise the principal of marginal utility and do something else with their dollars. I'm sure if you were in charge, you'd have the FTC/DOJ come in and insist that some pygmies be allowed to play with unlimited fouls and insist that Jordan also shoot at the other basket to keep things fair. Your probably one of those guys who think it's unfair to keep score of kids soccer games, too. So, now, I'm sure you're delighted that the FTC wants to sue INTC for antitrust violations, too. The details differ, of course, but the principal remains the same. You're convinced that consumers are too stupid to know what they're buying and that they need the government (THE GOVERNMENT!!!) to keep things fair. So, now, we'll have to let poor little Cyrix and AMD hide behind Janet Reno's skirt because they can't compete on the playground. This Clinton administration is pathetic.